Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
Performer: Marko Mimica, Marina Rebeka, Karine Deshayes, Luciano Ganci
Orchestra: Orquesta del Teatro Real Madrid
Conductor: John Fiore
Number of Discs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Prima Classic
Catalogue: PRIMA022
Release: 2024
Size: 2.73 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Norma
CD 01
01. Sinfonia
Act I
02. Scene 1: Ite sul colle, o Druidi
03. Scene 2: Svanir le voci
04. Scene 2: Meco all’altar di Venere
05. Scene 2: Odi?… I suoi riti
06. Scene 2: Me protegge, me difende
07. Scene 3: Norma viene
08. Scene 3: Sediziose voci
09. Scene 3: Casta Diva
10. Scene 3: Fine al rito
11. Scene 3: Ah! bello a me ritorna
12. Scene 4: Sgombra è la sacra selva
13. Scene 4: Eccola! va, mi lascia
14. Scene 4: Va, crudele
15. Scene 4: Vieni in Roma
CD 02
Act I
01. Scene 5: Vanne, e li cela entrambi
02. Scene 5: Adalgisa
03. Scene 5: Oh! rimembranza!
04. Scene 5: Ah! sì, fa core e abbracciami
05. Scene 5: Ma dì… l’amato giovane
06. Scene 5: Oh! di qual sei tu vittima
07. Scene 5: Perfido! – Or basti
08. Scene 5: Vanne, si mi lascia, indegno
Act II
09. Scene 6: Introduzione
10. Scene 6: Dormono entrambi…
11. Scene 6: Olà!… Clotilde!
12. Scene 6: Me chiami, o Norma!…
13. Scene 6: Deh! con te, con te li prendi…
14. Scene 6: Mira, o Norma
15. Scene 6: Cedi… deh! cedi
16. Scene 6: Sì, fino all’ore estreme
CD 03
Act II
01. Scene 7: Non parti?…
02. Scene 7: Guerrieri! a voi venirne
03. Scene 7: Ah! del Tebro al giogo indegno
04. Scene 8: Ei tornerà…
05. Scene 8: Squilla il bronzo del Dio!
06. Scene 8: Guerra, guerra!
07. Scene 8: Né compi il rito, o Norma
08. Scene 8: In mia man alfin tu sei
09. Scene 8: Gia mi pasco ne tuoi sguardi
10. Scene 8: Dammi quel ferro!
11. Scene 8: Qual cor tradisti, qual cor perdesti
12. Scene 8: Norma!… deh! Norma! scolpati…
13. Scene 8: Deh! non volerli vittime
New critical edition by Roger Parker for Casa Ricordi includes a musicological essay and the full libretto in Italian and English.
In June 2025, Marina Rebeka will perform NORMA at Teatro Alla Scala, Milano, where the opera has not been performed since 1977, with Montserrat Caballe in the title role.
Notes on the new edition:
“In the autograph, Norma’s famous preghiera is written in G major, a key that would make extreme demands on most sopranos who sing the role. In this recording Marina Rebeka sings the aria in G major.
The final part of the Act One finale clearly underwent significant change, probably after the first performance; the first Ricordi vocal score and various manuscript sources have a different version of the last part of the number, with an altered disposition of the vocal parts, some variations in the melodic material and no choral intervention. This recording features the version with chorus.
[there is also the] alternative ending to the coro ‘Guerra, Guerra’ in Act Two. Although, again, the version in the autograph is likely to be Bellini’s last thought on the matter, the alternative ending, with the return of music from the Sinfonia, opens up a vital new colour in the opera’s final number, and this is the version used in the present recording.” –Roger Parker